moonscape
noun
moon·scape
ˈmün-ˌskāp 
: the surface of the moon as seen or as depicted
also
: a landscape resembling this surface
Examples of moonscape in a Sentence
The valley is a desolate moonscape.
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The war has already displaced more than 90% of Gaza’s population, often multiple times, and turned many parts of it into an uninhabitable moonscape.
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Tia Goldenberg and Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Two men picked their way through the moonscape that had been the street, lifting a small body in a colorful blanket.
—Ameera Harouda, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Located near Djanet in the southeast of the country, the nearly 50,000-square-mile park is like a moonscape on a high plateau at altitudes of 4,600 to 6,600 feet.
—Angela Dansby, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
About that time, Dorrell was biking up Mont Ventoux in the French Alps, where the top of the mountain has been deforested and looks like a moonscape.
—Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Tia Goldenberg and Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Two men picked their way through the moonscape that had been the street, lifting a small body in a colorful blanket.
—Ameera Harouda, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Located near Djanet in the southeast of the country, the nearly 50,000-square-mile park is like a moonscape on a high plateau at altitudes of 4,600 to 6,600 feet.
—Angela Dansby, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
About that time, Dorrell was biking up Mont Ventoux in the French Alps, where the top of the mountain has been deforested and looks like a moonscape.
—Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Moonscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonscape. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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moonscape
noun
moon·scape
ˈmün-ˌskāp
: the surface of the moon as seen or as pictured
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